Review of Karen Sandler's Rebellion
Release Date: April 25th, 2014
Synopsis as found on Amazon.com:
Kayla is a GEN—a genetically engineered nonhuman—in a world torn apart by castes separating GENs from "real" humans. In the wake of a devastating bomb blast, Kayla finds herself at the headquarters of the organization that planted the bomb—and many others like it in GEN food warehouses and homes. Her biological mother tells her that Devak is dead and that Kayla must join their terrorist group, which is ramping up for something big. Now Kayla must pretend to embrace this new role in an underground compound full of paranoia as she plots a way to escape and save her friends.
Meanwhile, Devak has emerged from his healing in a gen-tank, only to be told that Kayla is dead and his family has fallen from grace. Can he overcome his grief enough to notice the clues that point to Kayla?
As Kayla and Devak fight to find each other and stop the bloodshed, the Tankborn trilogy rushes to a thrilling conclusion!
Synopsis as found on GoodReads.com:
In this final installment of the Tankborn series, Kayla has been kidnapped by the group that has been bombing GEN warehouses, and she must pretend to sympathize with them in order to escape.
In the wake of a devastating bomb blast, severely injured Kayla has been brought to the headquarters of the organization that planted the bomb-and many others like it in GEN food warehouses and homes. Her biological mother tells her that Devak is dead and that Kayla must join her in the terrorist group, which is ramping up for something big. Now Kayla must pretend that she embraces this new role in an underground compound full of paranoia as she plots a way to escape and save her friends. Meanwhile, Devak has emerged from his healing in a gen-tank, only to be told that Kayla is dead and his family has fallen from grace. Can he overcome his grief at the loss of his power to see the clues that point to Kayla being alive? As Kayla and Devak overcome the multiple obstacles put between them while trying to free GENs without further bloodshed, the Tankborn trilogy rushes to a thrilling conclusion!
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After the explosion that was the ending of Awakening, both Kayla & Devak wake thinking the other is dead. Kayla finds herself trapped in a hidden FHE stronghold, where her birth mother, Aideen, & a tyrannical man are keeping her from everyone she loves. Devak has been severely injured & his great-grandfather has had to sell almost all of their land to pay for his treatments, lowering their ranking from High-Status to Low-Status Trueborns.
In this final installment to the Tankborn trilogy, Kayla & Devak try to save the GEN's (Genetically Altered Non-Humans) from their life of slavery in Svarga (a world that humans have traveled to after they left Earth) as well as themselves from the clutches of a new evil that only Kayla will be able to defeat. This is a Genre-bending Dystopian Science Fiction novel that will change your perception on Genetics & what we may evolve to.
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I have loved this series ever since I read the first book 3 years ago and have been in love with Kayla & Devak's love story through every book. They both come from very different worlds in a Romeo & Juliet-esque way & are trying hard to find a way to be together. The whole ranking system from High-Status all the way to GEN is different than what I have read in other Dystopian tales, while at the same time giving me a feel of something I know & can understand. There are also not many Young Adult novels that have non-stereotypical Gay characters, where as you find out in this 3rd book that one of Devak's best friends is Gay. Overall, I loved this series, even if not all my questions were answered at the end.
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